Score Predictions
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Ross Dellenger Update
- Pick/market: The NCAA and SEC will look back on this 2-3 week period and eventually realize this could be the final nail in an attempt to stop the chaos of collegiate sports.
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Game Breakdown
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Football Returns to Death Valley for Matchup with Louisiana Tech
- LSU gained 644 yards against Clemson in the 51-10 opener, with 309 rushing and 335 passing. Sam Leavitt completed 16 of 28 passes for 230 yards and a touchdown and ran 12 times for 113 yards and two scores. Winston Watkins Jr. added seven catches for 110 yards and a touchdown; these are opening-game production figures, not Louisiana Tech projections.
- LSU RB Dilin Jones rushed 23 times for 113 yards and two touchdowns against Clemson. Lane Kiffin said that performance matched what Jones showed in camp and emphasized evaluation by observed play rather than prior reputation. The comment supports Jones' camp-to-game progression, without promising a fixed future workload.
- LSU held Clemson to 145 total yards. Jordan Ross had a sack and a 30-yard interception-return touchdown, while Princewill Umanmielen recorded six tackles, 1.5 sacks and a quarterback hurry. Whit Weeks added six tackles and a hurry; the report provides concrete front-seven production rather than only a general defensive endorsement.
- Ahead of LSU-Louisiana Tech, Lane Kiffin described Tech's defense as unusual enough to require changes to offensive rules and preparation. He also praised its coaching and all-phase play in the opener. The report does not identify a specific front or coverage package, so the required adjustments remain unspecified.
- Louisiana Tech enters the LSU game after an 80-6 win over Northwestern State. QB Blake Baker threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns, and Jalen Mickens gained 133 receiving yards on three catches with a touchdown. Those figures identify an early explosive passing threat for LSU to prepare for, but come from one opponent and do not establish expected output against LSU.
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Quarterbacks
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Updated Odds: LSU QB Sam Leavitt improves Heisman chances after strong Week 1 showing
- LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt completed 16 of 28 passes for 230 yards, one touchdown and one interception against Clemson while leading the Tigers with 113 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries. - LSU coach Lane Kiffin identified Leavitt's ability to extend plays outside the pocket when protection or receiving routes break down as a strength demonstrated against Clemson, without providing a quantified off-schedule efficiency measure. Comment: Tbf it’s usually transfer
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Kiffin Telling The Band to Shut Up
- QB: TL: Kiffin has said a number of times how important it is to their plan & pace for the OC to talk to the QB in the few seconds that the Green Dot mic...
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Landen Clark
- Pick/market: Clark has some gaudy stats from Elon.
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Week 2 vs LA Tech
- Pick/market: La Tech is returning their QB1 and QB2 and they finished last season 8-5.
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Ole Missed
- QB/DB: If Louisvilles qb was any good they would be up by at least 6 right now.
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Harlem Berry
- QB/RB: Bottom line looking at every team Kiffin has ever coached… the bellcow RB has the most rushing yards… the QB had the second most rushing yards… this is not a RB by committee offense
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LSU-Clemson live game thread
- QB: Pretty cool to an LSU QB step up in the pocket after feeling some pressure there.
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Coaching / Pressers
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Everything Lane Kiffin said after LSU beat Clemson
- After LSU's 51-10 season-opening win over Clemson, Lane Kiffin said Sam Leavitt recovered from a slow start and played as well as he had in camp. Kiffin highlighted his ability to escape the pocket and create when protection or routes broke down. He said Leavitt's aggressive running may require more sliding later; the interview did not report a quarterback injury.
- Kiffin credited Charlie Weis with the offensive game plan and play-calling, allowing Kiffin to avoid running every offensive meeting himself. LSU generated 38 first downs and few negative plays against Clemson. Kiffin cautioned that Clemson's defensive tackles were not that defense's strength and that tougher interior tests await in SEC play.
- Kiffin said LSU's versatile edge defenders, including Jordan Ross, could drop into coverage while Whit and TJ supplied interior blitzes. As the Clemson game developed, LSU kept changing the look while attacking inside and protecting against deep passes. This describes that game's pressure plan, not a promise to use the same calls against every opponent.
- Kiffin said LSU's starters had allowed only three first downs through three quarters before the backups entered; Clemson finished 1-of-13 on third down. He connected the strong defensive performance to what he had seen coming out of camp. He nevertheless criticized the backups for allowing a late scoring drive, since reserve defenders will need to make consequential stops later.
- Asked about Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris after the Clemson win, Kiffin defended pursuing their availability but declined to explain what would happen next. This interview did not establish that either player was cleared or give a return date; they should not be counted as confirmed available additions on the strength of these remarks.
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Schematics
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Will Campbell bounce back game
- LB: That was scheme and the guard screwing up… not passing off a guy and sliding inside, which gave up a sack.
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2 things that stood out
- DB: A friend just sent this to me 😳 Talk about stout How dominant was LSU’s performance Saturday night: On Saturday night, LSU’s starting safety played just 34 snaps.
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LSU-Clemson live game thread
- Offense: This tempo offense gonna wear teams defenses down in 2nd half of games….our team is conditioned for this….minus a few breaks we might have a different ballgame and score this early….like what I’m seeing...
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Offensive Updates
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‘Most Prepared I’ve Ever Been’: LSU LT Jordan Seaton Credits Coaching Staff for Week 1 Success
- LSU left tackle Jordan Seaton allowed no pressures in his 2026 debut against Clemson, and the offensive line allowed no sacks in the 51-10 win. The protection result accompanied 644 yards of offense, providing a strong opening-game performance without establishing how the line will fare against later opponents.
- Lane Kiffin still wants more consistent guard play after the Clemson win, while Seaton identifies technique, detail and operating faster as areas for LSU's offense to improve. Neither statement announces a personnel change; the outstanding team result did not erase the staff's interior-line concerns.
- Seaton credits Eric Wolford and James Cregg's walkthroughs and film preparation with exposing LSU's line to varied defensive looks before the 2026 opener. He describes it as his best preparation to date, an attributed player assessment of coaching and recognition rather than a measured improvement in blocking efficiency.
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Hudson
- TE: At the end of the day we obviously WANT him but don’t NEED him.
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The moment Spirit Ben
- OL: Did you notice the officer to the left of Ol Spirit Ben with the death stare .
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We are crazy and I love us
- OL/WR: Our govenor orchestrating a coup of an entire athletic department Getting cease and desist from former Heisman QBs Going lawsuit for lawsuit with our own conference Title IX investigations with our current AD at...
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- WR: LSU WR Winston Watkins’ family member is former Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins.
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Phillip Wright
- WR/LB: Wright showed a couple glimpses of the quickness, speed and separation that is expected of top flight, "you-can't-stop-me" past LSU WR's.
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Everything
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Update: No Sanctions for LSU
- Intel: They could've sanctioned LSU for lack of institutional control over the head football coach's sense of humor and sarcasm.
Week 1 TV ratings are in
- Intel: Final hour delivered 3.5M viewers & topped competition by 261% Take THAT Big Noon Kickoff!
On a lighter note
- Intel: Kiffin got on the band's a** for playing while they were about to snap it.
Sankey and the SEC need to be very careful.
- LB: Mike Johnson, out 2 Senators and La reps in Congress need to call Stanky and tell him to end this or his bill in Congress is dean and will be amended to allow states...
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TKR
- Intel: I bumped the portal thread
SEC Football
- Intel: Sources say he is leading the team down Victory Hill on Saturday
SEC is scared
- Intel: A little more insight into what we're keeping tabs on this week: Dates, notes, etc.
LSU adding two players to the roster, eliminating chances for Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris
- The report says LSU filled its 105-player roster by adding Aidan Anding and Gabriel Reliford, ending the program's pursuit of Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris rather than keeping roster places open for their possible addition.
- Cornerback Aidan Anding was added to LSU's roster after previously being omitted because of a spring Achilles tear, but the article says he is still rehabilitating and supplies no return date or clearance to play.
- Defensive end Gabriel Reliford also received a roster spot while rehabilitating a spring ACL tear, so his roster inclusion should not be read as evidence that LSU has regained an available pass-rush option.
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LSU pregame seat upgrades
- Intel: I remember years ago lsu used to offer seat upgrades like 90 minutes before kickoff and you could move down to some really good seats for a decent price.
- Intel: Great reflection here from Kiffin about the environment Monday.
- Intel: Lane Kiffin: “When LSU football wins and wins with style, the state really feels it.” #LSU
Orgeron’s health?
- Practice: I didn't see him either, and I'm sure if he had been on the sidelines during the game they would have showed him.
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- Intel: New: On The @BengalTigerOn3 , we debated plenty of things this offseason...